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* EverybodyDiesEnding: Before David Leigh started working on his documentary, Jim Suerd, the sole member of the ''Fact or Fiction'' crew to make it back from the trip, died under mysterious circumstances in prison.
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: Before David Leigh started working on his documentary, Jim Suerd, the sole member of the ''Fact or Fiction'' crew to make it back from the trip, died under mysterious circumstances in prison. [[spoiler: Though given what we come to learn about the documentary itself, there is a great chance that as a matter of fact Jim's death wasn't mysterious in the least.]]
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* FameThroughInfamy: David theorizes that the true murderer of the ''Fact or Fiction'' crew killed them specifically because the circumstances of their trip into the Pine Barrens would bring media attention and fame. [[spoiler: Since David ''is'' the true murderer, this is his confession, and it reveals that the whole point of the main film is him exposing this in order to gain the infamy that was thrust onto Jim Suerd instead.]]
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* EverybodyDies: Before David Leigh started working on his documentary, Jim Suerd, the sole member of the ''Fact or Fiction'' crew to make it back from the trip, died under mysterious circumstances in prison.
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* EverybodyDies: EverybodyDiesEnding: Before David Leigh started working on his documentary, Jim Suerd, the sole member of the ''Fact or Fiction'' crew to make it back from the trip, died under mysterious circumstances in prison.
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* UnbuiltTrope: A predecessor to ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' that's about how the {{found footage|Films}} genre can be prone to ManipulativeEditing.
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* YouKnowTooMuch: The reason [[spoiler: Michelle]] had to die. Bonus cruelty points for [[spoiler: the murderer deliberately giving her the tape the reconstruction of which led to this trope.]]
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* YouKnowTooMuch: The reason [[spoiler: Michelle]] had to die. Bonus cruelty points for [[spoiler: the murderer deliberately giving her the tape tape, the reconstruction of which led to this trope.]]trope]].
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The film is presented as documentary about the crew of a public-access cable TV show, ''Fact or Fiction'', who went into the woods in rural New Jersey to search for TheJerseyDevil, and all but one of whom are killed. While the surviving crew member - Jim Suerd - was convicted for the murder, the film sets out to prove his innocence.
The film is notable for predating ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' for heavy use of found footage in a horror movie setting, for being made on a budget of only ''$900'' using 90s home computer technology and for almost every character being TheDanza.
The film is notable for predating ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' for heavy use of found footage in a horror movie setting, for being made on a budget of only ''$900'' using 90s home computer technology and for almost every character being TheDanza.
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The film is presented as documentary about the crew of a public-access cable TV show, ''Fact or Fiction'', who went into the woods in rural New Jersey to search for TheJerseyDevil, and all but one of whom are killed. While the surviving crew member - -- Jim Suerd - -- was convicted for the murder, the film sets out to prove his innocence.
The film is notable for predating ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' for heavy use of found footage in a horror movie setting, for being made on a budget of only ''$900'' using90s '90s home computer technology and for almost every character being TheDanza.
The film is notable for predating ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' for heavy use of found footage in a horror movie setting, for being made on a budget of only ''$900'' using
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* TheScapegoat: After the murders, it would seem that the prosecution was too eager to convict Jim and be done with the case, going as far as to have the recovered footage edited to implicate Jim's guilt in addition to the circumstantial evidence found on him. After the fact, quite a few people come to his defense ue to how paper thin the conviction was.
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* TheScapegoat: After the murders, it would seem that the prosecution was too eager to convict Jim and be done with the case, going as far as to have the recovered footage edited to implicate Jim's guilt in addition to the circumstantial evidence found on him. After the fact, quite a few people come to his defense ue due to how paper thin the conviction was.
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* SnowEqualsDeath: The search for the Jersey Devil and the subsequent murders occur during a dark winter night.
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* SnowEqualsDeath: SnowMeansDeath: The search for the Jersey Devil and the subsequent murders occur during a dark winter night.
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* SnowEqualsDeath: The search for the Jersey Devil and the subsequent murders occur during a dark winter night.
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* TheJerseyDevil: Serves as the motivation for the trip into the woods.
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* TheJerseyDevil: Serves as the motivation for the trip into the woods. [[spoiler:The film tries to set up a RealAllAlong reveal for a while, but in the end it's a RedHerring.]]
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* TheJerseyDevil: Serves as the motivation for the trip into the woods. [[spoiler:
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* TheScapegoat: After the murders, it would seem that the prosecution was too eager to convict Jim and be done with the case, going as far as to have the recovered footage edited to implicate Jim's guilt in addition to the circumstantial evidence found on him. After the fact, quite a few people come to his defense ue to how paper thin the conviction was.
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* CassandraTruth: Naturally no one really takes Jim being a psychic that seriously, a fact that greatly annoys him. Played with later on, as David seems to indicate the possibility that the Jersey Devil is behind the killings, but no one entertains that idea. [[spoiler:They are of course correct as the killer is shown to be a human being; David Leigh himself, in fact.]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Played With. No one seems to seriously considering that anything supernatural is afoot, with Jim's psychic sessions being dismissed as parlor tricks; although the fact one of his tricks shown the date of the murders is used by prosecution to indicate that he premeditated the murders. That being said, given his innocence, it comes off as rather eerie.
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* PrimaDonnaDirector: How Steven is described as. Statements after his death show him as an overly ambitious director with dreams of stardom, despite merely being the host of a broadcast network show.
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* FoundFootageFilms: The ''Fact or Fiction'' crews last recordings feature heavily.
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* FoundFootageFilms: The ''Fact or Fiction'' crews last recordings feature heavily. It's also a plot point as David get his hands on the missing and damaged tapes of that night, and seeks to repair them. [[spoiler:Given that he's the killer, he likely had these tapes all along.]]
* {{Mundanger}}: Despite TheJerseyDevil being a subject of interest by the ''Fact or Fiction'' crew,at no point is it seriously considered as a possibility of being the killer, aside from David leaning to this angle. [[spoiler:Of course, the mundane assumptions are correct, as the killer is in fact David himself.]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The body of ''Fact or Fiction'' host Steven Avkast is never found, only blood and his hat.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The body of ''Fact or Fiction'' host Steven Avkast is never found, only blood and his hat. The only reason he isn't considered a suspect is because of the amounts of his blood that was found.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Not only the narrator as a person - the whole genre of documentary is shown to be prone to manipulation and thus unreliable. Even discussed in the movie itself (see NewMediaAreEvil).
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* UnreliableNarrator: Not only the narrator as a person - the whole genre of documentary is shown to be prone to manipulation and thus unreliable. Even discussed in the movie itself (see NewMediaAreEvil).NewMediaAreEvil).
* YouKnowTooMuch: The reason [[spoiler: Michelle]] had to die. Bonus cruelty points for [[spoiler: the murderer deliberately giving her the tape the reconstruction of which led to this trope.]]
* YouKnowTooMuch: The reason [[spoiler: Michelle]] had to die. Bonus cruelty points for [[spoiler: the murderer deliberately giving her the tape the reconstruction of which led to this trope.]]
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* RewatchBonus: On the second viewing, [[spoiler: the DoubleMeaning of lots of things that the narrator says]] becomes painfully obvious.
